1897 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1897 throughout the world.  

Champions

• Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles defeated Boston Beaneaters, 4 games to 1
• National League: Boston Beaneaters

Statistical leaders

• Batting: Willie Keeler .424
• Home Runs: Hugh Duffy 11
• Wins: Kid Nichols 31
• ERA: Amos Rusie 2.54

National League final standings

Events

• June 24 - Dick Harley of the St. Louis Browns collects six hits in one game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• June 29 - The Chicago Cubs defeat the Louisville Colonels 36-7, the most lopsided victory in MLB history.

• July 18 - Cap Anson of the Chicago Colts collects his 3,000th career hit with a single off of Baltimore Orioles pitcher George Blackburn.

• September 18 - Cy Young pitches the first no-hitter of his career as the Cleveland Spiders defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 6-0, in the first game of a doubleheader.

Births

January

• January  1 - Monty Swartz
• January  3 - Pete Turgeon
• January  5 - Art Delaney
• January  6 - Buck Crouse
• January  6 - By Speece
• January  7 - Topper Rigney
• January  9 - Dave Keefe
• January 15 - Joe Genewich
• January 24 - George Ellison
• January 29 - Pat Patterson

February

• February 11 - Red Miller
• February   9 - Adrian Lynch
• February 11 - Joe Shannon
• February 11 - Red Shannon
• February 11 - Earl Smith
• February 15 - Chuck Wolfe
• February 15 - Art Johnson
• February 16 - Paul Castner
• February 16 - Alex Ferguson
• February 17 - Ike Boone
• February 18 - Huck Betts
• February 25 - Bob Vines

March

• March  1 - Howie Jones
• March  4 - Neal Brady
• March  4 - Lefty O'Doul
• March  5 - Virgil Barnes
• March  5 - Lu Blue
• March  6 - Cliff Brady
• March  9 - Joe Dawson
• March 10 - Russ Ennis
• March 13 - Lew Malone
• March 14 - Bruce Hitt
• March 19 - Elmer Bowman
• March 21 - Gus Ketchum
• March 21 - Bill Lamar
• March 27 - Joe Lucey
• March 27 - Effa Manley
• March 30 - Ed Sicking

April

• April   4 - Ray Miner
• April   8 - Dick Attreau
• April 10 - Joe Price
• April 10 - Ross Youngs
• April 15 - Walt Lynch
• April 20 - Lou Vedder
• April 30 - Walt Walsh
• April 26 - Epp Sell

May

• May   3 - Ray Shepardson
• May 12 - Joe Dugan
• May 13 - Hugh Canavan
• May 17 - Harry Riconda
• May 20 - Wilcy Moore
• May 30 - Wally Kimmick

June

• June   6 - Ray Pierce
• June 12 - Guy Lacy
• June 13 - George Foss
• June 15 - Cy Twombly
• June 17 - Bill Hubbell
• June 22 - Bill Mizeur
• June 25 - Camp Skinner
• June 29 - Grady Adkins

July

• July   3 - Chet Nichols
• July   3 - Heinie Sand
• July   5 - Tom Miller
• July   9 - Glenn Myatt
• July 12 - Hod Fenner
• July 16 - Hi Bell
• July 18 - Hank Hulvey
• July 18 - Pat Murray
• July 18 - Ed Sherling
• July 22 - Ed Gerner
• July 23 - Hod Ford
• July 23 - Cy Fried
• July 26 - Chick Bowen
• July 27 - Biz Mackey
• July 29 - Jim Hamby

August

• August   8 - Charlie Eckert
• August   8 - Ken Holloway
• August 10 - Frank Welch
• August 16 - Bob Fothergill
• August 17 - Joe Bradshaw
• August 17 - Ed Lennon
• August 18 - Mandy Brooks
• August 22 - Bob Clark
• August 24 - Al Bool
• August 24 - Frank Pratt
• August 29 - Arthur Henderson
• August 29 - John Quinn
• August 31 - William Bell

September

• September 13 - Eddie Rommel
• September 17 - Joe Green
• September 17 - Earl Webb
• September 19 - Astyanax Douglass
• September 23 - Walt Irwin
• September 25 - Walter Anderson
• September 27 - Chick Gagnon
• September 30 - Eddie Kenna
• September 30 - Mike Kircher

October

• October   7 - Bill Jackman
• October   9 - Harry Biemiller
• October 13 - Elliot Bigelow
• October 14 - Vance McIlree
• October 15 - Dinty Gearin
• October 15 - Sam Gray
• October 16 - Garland Buckeye
• October 18 - Sumpter Clarke
• October 19 - Tom Lovelace
• October 20 - Tom Connelly
• October 20 - Jigger Statz
• October 22 - Myles Thomas
• October 26 - Skipper Friday
• October 26 - George Winn
• October 29 - Ty Pickup
• October 30 - Kettle Wirts
• October 31 - Tony Rego

November

• November   4 - Ted Menze
• November   5 - Jack Ogden
• November   9 - Johnny Gooch
• November   9 - Harvey Hendrick
• November 17 - Davey Claire
• November 17 - Rube Lutzke
• November 20 - Larry Benton
• November 21 - Andy High
• November 23 - Bubber Jonnard
• November 23 - Claude Jonnard
• November 23 - Freddy Leach
• November 23 - Beans Reardon
• November 26 - Bill Warwick
• November 30 - Win Ballou
• November 30 - Dud Branom

December

• December 10 - Tim Griesenbeck
• December 10 - Jocko Conlon
• December 11 - Slim Harriss
• December 14 - Syl Simon
• December 16 - Fred Wigington
• December 18 - Lance Richbourg
• December 19 - Mike Herrera
• December 20 - Snooks Dowd
• December 21 - Hal Haid
• December 21 - Pete Scott
• December 22 - Harvey Freeman
• December 23 - Nemo Gaines
• December 25 - Allen Elliott
• December 27 - Jackie Tavener

Deaths

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• February 5 - Old Hoss Radbourn, 42, Hall of Fame pitcher who won over 300 games including a record 60 for the 1884 Providence Grays, leading the National League in wins, strikeouts, winning percentage and games twice each and in shutouts, innings and ERA once each; completing 489 out of 503 starts, pitching three shutouts in the 1884 World Championship Series, while holding single-season records for games pitched with 76 in 1883, going 27-12 for the 1890 Players League champions.

• February 8 - Fleury Sullivan, 35. pitcher.

• March 5 - Dave Foutz, 40, first baseman/outfielder/pitcher who played from 1884 through 1896 for the St. Louis Browns and the Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Grooms, a three-time .300 hitter and manager for the Brooklyn teams between 1893 and 1896 for a 690 career winning percentage, while pitching 41 wins for the 1886 champion Browns.

• March 10 - Wes Blogg, 42, catcher.

• March 21 - Andy Allison, 49, first baseman.

• March 22 - Dave Anderson, 28, pitcher.

• March 25 - Bill Quarles, 28, pitcher.

• April 13 - Charles Yingling, 31, shortstop.

• July 10 - Kid Baldwin, 32, catcher.

• August 1 - Jake Seymour, 43, who played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the American Association in the 1882 season.

• August 4 - John Gilroy, 27, pitcher.

• August 9 - Jack Scheible, 31, pitcher.

• August 19 - Jim McKeever, 36, catcher.

• August 22 - Tricky Nichols, 47, pitcher who posted a 28-73 record and a 3.06 ERA in 106 games for six different teams between 1875 and 1882.

• August 27 - Sam Moran, 26, pitcher.

• October 9 - Milo Lockwood, 39, outfielder and pitcher.

• October 19 - O. P. Caylor, 47, one of the founders of the American Association.

• November 2 - Joe Sullivan, 27, shortstop.

• November 15 - Charlie Smith, 56, infielder who appeared in 14 games for the 1871 New York Mutuals.

• November 19 - Frank McGinn, 28, infielder.

• December 20 - William Brown, 31, catcher.